1 Dis wat Da One In Charge tell me: “Go buy one linen kine malo fo put aroun yoa wais. Put um on, but no wash um.”
2 So I buy um, jalike Da One In Charge tell me, an put um aroun my wais.
3 Den Da One In Charge tell me one mo time:
4 “Take da linen kine malo you wen buy dat you stay wear aroun yoa wais, an go da Perat Stream. Hide um ova dea inside one big crack inside da rocks.”
5 So I wen go an hide um Perat side inside da crack, jalike Da One In Charge wen tell me fo do.
6 Long time afta dat, Da One In Charge tell me, “Now go Perat, an get da malo I wen tell you fo hide ova dea.”
7 So I go Perat an dig up da malo, an bring um from da place wea I wen hide um. But now poho da cloth, an stay good fo notting.
8 Den Da One In Charge give me dis message:
9 “Dis how I goin make eryting come poho fo da Judah an Jerusalem peopo, cuz dey ack high makamaka.
10 Dese peopo, dey real bad. Dey no like lissen wat I tell um. Dey ony like do wat dey like do, cuz dey hard head. An dey go afta gods dat not dea god, fo dem work fo dose gods, an go down an show respeck fo dem. Cuz a dis, dey goin come jalike dis malo, good fo notting.
11 Jalike one malo stay tight aroun one guy wais, az how I wen tie da whole Israel an Judah ohanas aroun me. Den dey come my peopo. Az how odda peopo goin find out wat kine god me, an talk good bout me, an show respeck fo me. But my Israel an Judah ohanas still neva lissen.” Az da message from Da One In Charge.
12 “Da One In Charge tell me fo tell da peopo dis:
13 Tell um: ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: I da One goin fill up all da peopo inside dis land fo dem come piloot—da king guys from da David ohana dat sit on top his throne, da pries guys, da guys dat suppose to talk fo me, an erybody inside Jerusalem.
14 Den I goin smash um agains each odda jalike dey clay wine jars. I goin even smash da faddah-muddah guys agains dea kids too, all togedda. I no goin show pity fo dem, o make easy kine to dem, o give dem chance. I goin wipe um out.’” Az da message from Da One In Charge.
15 Lissen up, you Judah peopo! No ack high makamaka!
16 Tell erybody right now
17 But if you no lissen wat I tell,
18 Go tell da king an da queen muddah dis:
19 Fo da big towns South Judah side,
20 Look, you Jerusalem guys! You no can see
21 You guys wen work hard
22 Wen you guys start fo tink, “How come all dis stay happen to us?”
23 You tink da Sudan guys can change dea skin color?!
24 Dis one message from Da One In Charge:
25 Dis wat goin happen to you guys.
26 Jalike I pull up yoa robe ova yoa face.
27 I wen look an see da pilau kine tings you guys do